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YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINS CRITICAL
IN G20 COUNTRIES - ILO
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October 2012 - GENEVA (ILO News) -The youth jobs situation remains
critical, with 17.7 million young people - or just over 16 per cent -
unemployed in 17 of the G20 countries for which data is available, the
International Labour Organization (ILO) has said.
Over
the last 12 months the youth unemployment rate has increased in 10 countries
whereas the employment to working age population has declined in 12 countries,
according to an ILO
document presented at a G20 Task Force on Employment meeting.
“We know that when the general employment figures are bad, the situation of
youth employment is even worse,” he added. “We have to look for new
approaches.” ILO Director-General
Need
to promote apprenticeshipsThe task group expressed commitment to promoting and
strengthening apprenticeships as a proven means of transitioning soundly
between learning and work.
Youth Unemployment Rates |
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The data does not include figures for China, India or
Saudi Arabia. |
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Gender Disaggregation of Data?
Gender Lens for Suggested Solutions?
Policies & Programs for Many
Young Women Who
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Direct Link to Full 17-Page ILO 2011
Report:
ILO -
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS FOR YOUTH - REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL
ECONOMIC CRISIS ON YOUTH
The report
presented an analysis of the latest available world and regional aggregates of
key labour market indicators for young people aged 15 to 24 years, with a
specific focus on how young people fared in the face of the recent global
economic crisis.
The crisis led to
a substantial increase in youth unemployment rates, reversing earlier favorable
trends over the past decade. At the peak of the crisis period in 2009, the global
youth unemployment rate saw its largest annual increase on record.
Youth jobs crisis confirmed in both developed and developing
economies.
The majority of the world’s youth are in developing economies,
where someyoung men and women have very little chance of ever finding work while
others cannot escape the trap of working poverty.
Consequences? Continuing uncertainty for young men and women and growing discontent…
Recommended policy measures for promoting youth employment
Many governments are actively engaged in finding solutions, although
the severity of the situation of young people in the labour market
requires more attention and policy action. The following actions could be
considered as a basis for tailoring youth employment interventions to the
national situation:
Develop an integrated strategy for growth and job creation to
ensure long-term, sustained and concerted action for the promotion of decent
work for young people. Assigning priority to youth
employment requires a
coherent policy framework, with measurable targets and achievable outcomes,
that addresses youth employment in national development strategies and
employment policies.
Establish broad-based partnerships to turn youth employment commitment
into reality. partnerships among
governments, employer organizations, trade unions and other organizations can
be instrumental in determining the most appropriate action to be taken at national
and local levels for the promotion of decent work for young people. Action
plans on youth employment can be used as a tool for the conversion of youth
employment priorities into concrete action and to strengthen the coordination
of youth employment interventions.
Improve the quality of jobs and the competitiveness of enterprises
with a view to increasing the number
of jobs in productive sectors and ensuring job quality for the many young
people who are currently engaged in precarious jobs, especially in the informal
economy. Together with labour legislation, these measures can reduce labour
market segmentation based on the type of contract and job and can help young
people move to decent jobs.
Invest in the quality of education and training and improve its
relevance to labour market needs. Education and training
programmes that equip young people with the skills required by the labour market
are an important element in facilitating the transition of young people to
decent work. These programmes should be based on broad skills that are related
to occupational needs and are recognized by enterprises, and should include
work experience components. Policy coherence and more effective coordination
across education and training systems and labour market institutions should be
pursued at all levels, including between Ministries of Education and of Labour,
as well as public employment services, private employment agencies and
education and training providers.
Enhance the design and increase funding of active labour market
policies to support the implementation of national youth employment priorities.
Active labour market policies and programmes (ALMPs) programmes should offer a
comprehensive package of services with a view to facilitating the transition of
youth to decent work. Standard types of ALMPs based on single measures are
unlikely to work for discouraged youth or for young workers engaged in the
informal economy, especially during crisis and post-crisis periods. The effectiveness
of these measures could be greatly improved by introducing mechanisms that
target disadvantaged youth and by piloting programmes and assessing their
results prior to their implementation on a larger scale. Funding for these
measures should be increased to ensure greater support during the post-crisis
period. Lack of support for these employment measures would have dramatic
consequences for the current generation of young people.
Review the provision of employment services with the objective of
offering a set of standard services to all young people and more intensive
assistance to disadvantaged youth. Public employment servicesshould re-orient their services
to offer “standard” support to all young jobseekers (for example, self-service,
group counseling and job search techniques, including employment planning) and
more intensive and targeted assistance for “hard-to-place” youth. Early
interventions based on profiling techniques and outreach programmes should be developed
at the local level to make the services more relevant to young people and to
assist enterprises in the recruitment process. Partnerships between employment services
and private employment agencies are important to support young people in their
job search.
Partnerships between labour offices and municipal authorities,
the social partners, social services and civil society organizations are
required to improve the targeting of young discouraged people and young workers
engaged in the informal economy who do not usually fall within the reach of the
public employment service.
Pursue financial and macroeconomic policies that aim to remove obstacles
to economic recovery: Job growth will not come from labour
market policies alone. Additional financial and macroeconomic measures,
including bank and debt restructuring, are needed to remove the obstacles to growth.